Activists Call for Nationwide Day of No Work, School or Shopping; Some Local Businesses Plan to Join Strike
A national general strike tied to protests over immigration enforcement is planned for Friday, with demonstrations in Redlands scheduled for Saturday. Additional Redlands-area businesses announced closures for the Jan. 30 general strike after this article was published. This story will…
Flights to northern Ethiopia cancelled as fears mount of renewed conflict
Passenger flights between Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, and cities in the northern Tigray region have been cancelled amid fears of a return to conflict, with reports of clashes in one area. Ethiopia Airlines, which operates all routes in the country,…
Popular Content Creator, Sunshine Buried Amid Tears
Popular Nigerian content creator Iniobong Esther Louis, widely known as Sunshine, has been buried in Lagos following her death earlier this month. She was 34 years old. According to information shared by close associates, Sunshine passed away on January 9,…
Hardship As NNPC Increases Petrol Price In Nigeria
Hardship As NNPC Increases Petrol Price. It was gathered that there is anxiety in Nigeria over hardship as the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has increased petrol price to N835 per litre in Lagos, and N839 per litre in…
Europe must act urgently and stop outsourcing defence, says EU’s Kallas
Europe must step up urgently to improve its defence and make Nato “more European to maintain its strength”, because the US has shaken the transatlantic relationship to its foundation, the EU’s foreign policy chief has warned. The US would continue…
Nigerian Business Mogul Otunba Adekunle Ojora Is Dead
The Ojora family of Lagos has announced the death of its patriarch, Otunba Adekunle Ojora, the Olori Omo Oba of Lagos, who passed away in the early hours of Wednesday at the age of 93. The family disclosed that the…
JUST IN: Super Eagles captain Wilfred Ndidi’s father dies in road accident
Ndidi’s club, Besiktas, confirmed the tragic incident in a statement released on Tuesday via their official X account. “We are deeply saddened to learn of the tragic passing of our footballer Wilfred Ndidi’s esteemed father, Sunday Ndidi, in a fatal…
Zimbabwe Inflation Hits Single Digits for First Time Since 1997
Zimbabwe’s annual inflation rate fell to single digits for the first time since 1997, a development authorities say is essential to adopting the gold-backed ZiG as the country’s sole currency by 2030. Inflation slowed to 4.1% in January from 15%…
South Africa heading for social unrest
South Africa needs to significantly increase its economic growth to ensure social stability, with growth rates of between 2% and 3% required. If the country cannot attain higher growth, its severe inequality, which has worsened as South Africa’s economic growth…
Tinubu arrives Ankara for State visit to Türkiye
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Monday night arrived in Ankara, Türkiye, for a State visit aimed at strengthening bilateral relations between Nigeria and the Eurasian nation. The President touched down at the Ankara Esenboğa Airport at 9:05 p.m. local time,…